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Medium
2 Hours, 55 Minutes
Diets 
If it’s a showstopper of a challah you seek, look no further. This challah is as delicious as it is impressive. Yields 2 (9-inch) round challahs.
After you master your round challah, tackle our step-by-step guide on how to make challah with 3-4-5+ braids!
2.2 pounds (1 kilogram, or 7 and 1/3 cups) flour
2 tablespoons Gefen Dry Yeast
5 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon salt
2 – 2 and 1/4 cups warm water
1/2 cup oil
sesame seeds (optional)
2 eggs
2 tablespoons oil
1 tea bag
Sift flour into a bowl. Add yeast, sugar, and mix. Add salt and mix. Add warm water; begin with two cups and gradually add another quarter cup if needed.
Knead the ingredients for a few minutes until a dough begins to form. Add oil and knead for 10 minutes. Oil the surface of the dough and cover with a towel.
Put the dough in a warm place and let rise until doubled in bulk. This will take about one and a half hours.
Knead the dough for a few minutes. Divide into four equal parts and roll each part into a ball. Roll out each ball into a very long, narrow rectangle and roll it up jelly-roll style.
Attach the ends of two jelly rolls and twist them around each other to form a thick rope. Shape each rope into a ring and squeeze the ends together firmly. The hole in the middle will disappear during the rising and baking. Transfer the challah to a nine-inch baking pan.
Prepare the egg wash. Whisk the eggs with the oil and tea and spread over the challahs.
Sprinkle with sesame seeds if desired and allow to rise for 20 minutes in a warm place. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (180 degrees Celsius).
Bake the challahs for 35 to 45 minutes until golden brown. Remove from the baking pans and allow to cool.
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Has anyone clarified how to use the tea bag?
It is used to give the egg wash on the challah a deeper color. Feel free to skip
Tea bag is dissolved in water first? If so how much?
I don’t understand the tea bag part…
I think you would steep it in water and use the tea with the egg and oil for a darker gloss. It doesn’t matter how much water, or what flavor.
Hi what does the tea bag do? And do you just add the eggs and oil to a dry teabag? Any flavor ?
I think you would steep it in water and use the tea with the egg and oil for a darker gloss. It doesn’t matter how much water, or what flavor.